Ex Parte Troy Eugene Wigley v. the State of Texas ( 2023 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-23-00317-CV
Ex parte Troy Eugene Wigley
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus complaining of a variety
of issues with his conviction and confinement. As a preliminary matter, we note a number of
procedural anomalies with the petition, including, for example, that the caption and style
throughout appear to be addressed to the district court, and that we have not been provided
with a record. We treat the petition as addressed to this Court, and we dismiss the petition for
want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a). Although we have appellate jurisdiction
to review a trial court’s order denying habeas relief, see Ex parte Valle, 104 S.W.3d 888, 890
(Tex. Crim. App. 2003), we do not have original jurisdiction in habeas cases except in very
narrow circumstances not implicated here. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(d); see also
In re Reece, 341 S.W.3d 360, 364 n.3 (Tex. 2011) (orig. proceeding); In re J.M.W.,
No. 12-17-00043-CV, 2017 WL 513056, at *1 (Tex. App.—Tyler Feb. 8, 2017, orig.
proceeding) (mem. op.). Accordingly, the petition is dismissed.
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Rosa Theofanis, Justice
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Triana and Theofanis
Filed: June 29, 2023
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